Feb 20 2012
The CBI said it expected the UK’s growth to be 0.9% this year and 2% next year. The reason for this optimism is it sees companies investing in new equipment and in finding export markets. Two other surveys – BDO and the CIPD - were not as optimistic believing that the economy was still looking [...]
Jan 30 2012
The EU has more than 23m unemployed. The EU commission says that any budgetary cuts need to be ‘smart’ otherwise they will harm enterprise and training. The Summit aims to emphasise growth and ‘smart’ budget discipline at its planned meeting this week. Most EU countries are expected to sign a new budget treaty which wants [...]
Jan 18 2012
It’s thought that it’s only a matter of time before the Chinese currency replaces the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. The move to making the Yuan an international currency has evolved with the growing strength of China’s trading and the weakening of the US dollar. China has built up trillions of dollars in [...]
Jan 4 2012
John Lewis Partnership: Reports an ‘outstanding’ rise in sales and a bigger market share for its department store group during Xmas. Nissan Cars: Reports that its Sunderland plant showed an increase of 14% on sales during 2011 against 2010 and a new record for a single UK car plant. Next: Reports buoyant on-line sales [...]
Nov 29 2011
A multi-million pound investment plan is due to be announced this week by the UK government. 40 projects have been targeted including road and rail schemes for the North as well as improvements to the M25, M3 and M56. It is thought that £30bn will come from a new arrangement being put in place to [...]
Nov 22 2011
A new CBI report wants the UK to match by 2020, the EU’s average export figure of one in four small to medium business exporting. It said that the government should aim to lift net exports from -2.4% in 2010 to 2.5% by 2016. This means that exports need to rise from 29% GDP to [...]
Nov 16 2011
The UK’s manufacturing output during September was shown to be 0.2% over August and 2.0% over this time last year. The British Chamber of Commerce economist was pleased that the sector grew despite the problems in the Eurozone and the austerity measures being taken in the UK. He added that he would like the government [...]
Nov 7 2011
The Prime Minister has vowed that an “all out mission” to kick start the infrastructure to revive the economy. The PM urged people to be optimistic as there was growing trade in China, India and emerging markets. He welcomed BT’s announcement that it will complete its roll out of superfast broadband by 2014. Not only [...]
Oct 18 2011
Cornish speakers can now read the complete Bible – An Beybel Sans – in their chosen language. The New Testament was translated into Cornish by Prof Nicholas Williams and published in 2002. It has taken him about six years to translate all the books of the Old Testament, using a variety of versions, including Hebrew [...]
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